FEMA Seeks Info Collection: Residential Basement Floodproofing Certification
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Federal Emergency Management Agency has asked the
Office of Management and Budget to approve an information collection entitled: Residential Basement Floodproofing Certification.
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Federal Register by
Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, Mission Support,
Federal Emergency Management Agency,
Department of Homeland Security, also opens a new 30-day public comment period. An initial 60-day public comment period started
April 7, 2020.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Congress created the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) through enactment of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (NFIA) (Title XIII of Pub. L. 90-448, 82 Stat. 476), found at 42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq. The NFIP is a Federal program enabling property owners in participating communities to purchase insurance as a protection against flood losses in exchange for state and community floodplain management re
Published: Friday, January 22, 2021
David Hayes. Photo credit: James Berglie/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom
David Hayes, special assistant to the president for climate policy, has called on the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reform its flood standards. James Berglie/Zuma Press/Newscom
A top White House climate adviser denounced fiscally irresponsible repeat spending on disaster after disaster and said the government should improve the nation s resilience to floods and other perils.
David Hayes, President Biden s special assistant for climate policy, says in a new article that the Federal Emergency Management Agency should encourage states to develop climate resilience plans to help them incorporate risks from warming into disaster recovery.
Dinah Voyles Pulver and Doug Fraser, USA TODAY
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9:34 pm UTC Jan. 18, 2021
The Atlantic Ocean poured into streets and neighborhoods from Maine to Florida during seasonal high tides last fall, and scientists feared it would only get worse. But now, with Joe Biden becoming president, climate experts and government officials have a simple reason to hope for help in combating the problem.
They’ll finally have a president who actually believes sea levels are rising.
“We’re eagerly looking forward to change and action that will assist states in preparing themselves and their residents,” said Ann Phillips, a retired Navy rear admiral who serves as special assistant to Virginia’s governor for coastal adaptation and protection. “It all starts with acknowledging climate change is happening and the science is real.”
Dewberry Announces Promotions in Fairfax, Virginia Published January 18, 2021
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Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm, has announced the promotion of nearly 50 employees nationwide, including 9 in the firmâs headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia. The promotions coincide with Dewberryâs ongoing expansion of engineering, architectural, and consulting services in the D.C. metropolitan region, where the firm has practiced since 1956.
These promotions include:
Jean Huang, PE, CFM, ENV SP, Stephen Kalaf, PMP, CFM, and Mathew Mampara, PE have been promoted to vice president. Huang is the program management director for the resilience solutions group. She earned both her bachelorâs (1998) and masterâs (2002) degrees in civil engineering from Virginia Tech. Huang is a member of Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM), New York State Floodplain and Stormwater Managers Association, and the Project Management Institute (PMI). She
Climate change causing one-third of flood damage in United States, Stanford study finds [San Francisco Chronicle]
Jan. 12 Increasingly strong storms are responsible for more than a third of the nation’s flood costs, swelling the tab by billions of dollars a year as climate change continues to fuel more extreme weather, according to new research at Stanford University.
The research, which is among the first to put a price tag on heavier rainfall, found that the changing weather is responsible for $75 billion of the cumulative $199 billion of U.S. flood damage between 1998 and 2017. Many of the losses over that period were in California.